We can choose to bask in the banal, where the warmth of our familiar environment is reassuring and safe. Or we can seek that discomfort zone that allows us to see life from a new vantage point. A young lady, with trepid resolve, ventures into … [Read more...]
Farm Girl
As a young girl, she always wanted to marry the local fruit vendor. Rohini ended up marrying a college professor, but the farm girl in her is alive and well. I think the happiest I have ever seen her, outside the birth of our children, was … [Read more...]
Uber Cool
Roger drives for Uber, in Chicago, as a full time job. He is in his mid sixties, and talks with pride about his daughter at UF (University of Florida for the uninitiated). She is a scientist who specializes in cell Biology. Someone who is a lot … [Read more...]
Good Leadership
Good leadership is about making one’s self totally dispensable. Empower the troops and get out of the way. Good leaders create the right environment for their people — and their ideas — to thrive. At the end of the day, we are only as good as the … [Read more...]